Lifeworld Archives - Page 9 of 53

Hold It! Nyerere, Former Tanzanian President and Politician, To Be Canonised

Posted By: adminon: November 18, 2023In: LifeworldTags: 'Ujaama', Africa, Diocese of Dar Es Salam, Politician, Power, President, TanzaniaNo CommentsViews:

Former president of Tanzania, Dr. Julius Nyerere is to be canonised. He is raising the stakes in politics and exercise of power in Africa. Although he has been a politician and a president,... Read more

Tribute to My Retiring Lecturers in Nigeria’s BUK (1)

Posted By: adminon: November 14, 2023In: LifeworldTags: 'African Political Thought', Apartheid, ASUU Chairman, BUK, Marxist, PhD, Political Theory, SOUTH AFRICANo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu M.M. Yusuf As An Activist Scholar Mallam Muazu Mohammed Yusuf retired from the services of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) in April, 2023 after putting in forty-two yea... Read more

Prof. Liasu Adele Jinadu is 80: He is Larger Than His Frame

Posted By: adminon: November 06, 2023In: LifeworldTags: AAPS, ASCON, Billy Dudley Annual Lecture, CASS, Chief MKO Abiola, INEC, IPSA, Lagos affairs, LASU, Prof Nnoli, UI, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:

By Prof. Hassan A. Saliu There are scholars and their areas of strength, weakness and ultimately, their trademarks. Some are policy oriented in their engagement and have therefore made their... Read more

Are We Expecting the Fireworks After the Fact of Sola Olorunyomi’s Professorship?

Posted By: adminon: November 03, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Age, BUK, IBKs, Olorunyomis, UwasombasNo CommentsViews:

It must be good news for all those who care for the possibility of the remaking of Nigeria that Sola Olorunyomi is now a Professor. He has always been a professor but it is still welcome for... Read more

As Professor Shuiabu Ahmed Ibrahim, A Former NPSA President, Bows Out

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Billy Dudley Memorial Lecture, INEC, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Professor A.M. Okolie, Professor Oga Ajene, The Electoral Institute, UNILORIN crisisNo CommentsViews:

By Prof. Hassan A. Saliu It gives me great pleasure to announce the retirement of Prof. S. A. Ibrahim, a scholar of International Relations, from the services of Nasarawa State University, K... Read more

When the World Stood Still for Dr (Mrs) Adulugba

Posted By: adminon: September 26, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Barrister David Adulugba, Bongos Ikwue, Cattle rearers, FCT VeterinaryNo CommentsViews:

The world never stands still for anyone everywhere across the world. Whenever it stands still, it is always for someone, somewhere at a particular time. The expression has no universalist in... Read more

Memorable Visit of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to University of St Andrews

Posted By: adminon: September 25, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Ashanti Empire, Ghana, SAASUM, UKNo CommentsViews:

The event took place September 16th, 2023 but the memories are still lingering for those who experienced the visit of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to UK’s University of St Andrews in Scot... Read more

A Street After Yusuf Bala Usman in Abuja!

Posted By: adminon: September 18, 2023In: LifeworldTags: ABU Zaria, Abuja, Addis, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Cairo, Failed capitalism, London, New York, Nigerian Civil War, Paris, Rigging, YBU1 CommentViews:

Abuja appears to remain the all-time achievement of the Nigerian power elite. It must be the big debate regarding which of Abuja and the Civil War is a greater achievement of the Nigerian ru... Read more

Odia Ofeimum @ 70 As a Text

Posted By: adminon: September 13, 2023In: LifeworldTags: 'The Poet Lied', Deconstruction, Literati, TextNo CommentsViews:

Where else might we turn if not the world of the literati at a time of disturbing elite fight-to-finish, grave suspicion of the other person, invention of enemies and incredible fear of the... Read more

Zulum in Action: Restlessness in Search of Perfection

Posted By: adminon: September 01, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Africa, Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, leadership in Nigeria2 CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, CON, FNSE, mni, presents an interesting subject for the behavioural scientist. His restlessness in getting things done should neces... Read more